Zeev Farbman

Zeev Farbman
Farbman in 2022
Born (1979-09-09) September 9, 1979 (age 45)
Zaporizhia, Ukraine
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-Founder of Lightricks
Websitelightricks.com

Zeev Farbman (born September 9, 1979) is an Israeli entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Lightricks.

Early life and education

Zeev Farbman was born in Zaporizhia[1] on September 9, 1979. He grew up in Yukutia, Russia.[2] He immigrated to Netanya, Israel when he was 13.[3] He received his PhD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Computer Science and was under the guidance of Prof. Dani Leshinski and Prof. Raanan Fattal.[4]

Most of his research focused on computational photography and published at ACM Transactions on Graphics at SIGGRAPH conference. At Hebrew University, he wrote a paper on Diffusion maps for edge-aware image editing.[5] His research on tone mapping of HDR images was implemented in MATLAB (tonemapfarbman).[6] He left academia to co-found Lightricks along with Nir Pochter, Yaron Inger, Amit Goldstein and Itai Tsiddon.

Lightricks

The company began in two apartments,[7] but has since moved into the Hebrew University campus[8] and opened offices in Haifa[9]. They also have sites outside of Israel, in London,[10] Chicago,[11] and New York City. Farbman believes his role is to lead the team of developers, designers and researchers building apps that give users creative license to produce their own visual material.[12] Pictures of a sleeping Farbman went viral when they were turned into memes.[13][14]

Personal

In his spare time, he practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.[15]

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References

  1. ^ "From Russia, With Coding Skills". Calcalist. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ^ "CEO Fun-Facts: Zeev Farbman, Co-founder & CEO at Lightricks". Viola Group. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ "From Russia, With Coding Skills". Calcalist. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Zeev Farbman - Google Scholar". Google Scholar. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Diffusion maps for edge-aware image editing". ACM Digital Library. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ^ "tonemapfarbman". Mathworks. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ^ "10 Most Promising Startups". Globes. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Lightricks proves the Start Up Nation is not just about Tel Aviv". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Lightricks to build an 8,600 square feet R&D center in Haifa". Calcalist.
  10. ^ "Lightricks opens london office". UK Israel. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  11. ^ Lightricks. "Lightricks Acquires Popular Pays, Empowering Creator Community to Monetize Content". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  12. ^ "Interview with Zeev Farbman co founder and ceo at lightricks/". USA Weekly. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  13. ^ "CEO gets edited into funny situations by his own staff after falling asleep on the job". Metro. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Boss Falls Asleep At Work So Employees Take Him On A Photoshop Trip". Demilked. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  15. ^ "CEO Fun-Facts: Zeev Farbman, Co-founder & CEO at Lightricks". Viola Group. Retrieved 12 September 2019.